The 2016–17

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season (also known as the

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Korvpalli Meistriliiga for sponsorship reasons) was the 92nd season of top-tier

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. Kalev/Cramo came into the season as defending champions of the 2015–16 season. The season began on 2 October 2016 and concluded on 22 May 2017 with Kalev/Cramo defeating AVIS UTILITAS Rapla 4 games to 0 in the finals to win their 9th Estonian Championship.

Teams

Venues and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Coaching changes

Regular season

During the regular season teams will play 4 rounds for 32 games (2 at home and 2 away) with following exceptions: *

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will play 1 round at home against teams other than Kalev/Cramo (1 round at home and 2 rounds away in total). * Kalev/Cramo will play 2 rounds away against teams other than

(2 rounds away in total). * G4S Noorteliiga will play 2 rounds (1 round at home and 1 round away in total). Double points will be awarded to teams winning those games.

League table

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Results

Playoffs

The playoffs began on 10 April and ended on 22 May. The tournament concluded with Kalev/Cramo defeating AVIS UTILITAS Rapla 4 games to 0 in the finals.

Bracket

Individual statistics

Players qualify to this category by having at least 50% games played.

Points

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Rebounds

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, , align=left, TTÜ, , 28, , 219, , 7.82 , - , 4, , align=left, Madis Soodla, , align=left, G4S Noorteliiga, , 13, , 98, , 7.54 , - , 5, , align=left,

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Assists

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, , 31, , 165, , 5.32 , - , 2, , align=left, Sten Sokk, , align=left, Kalev/Cramo, , 25, , 108, , 4.32 , - , 3, , align=left, Norman Käbin, , align=left, Port of Pärnu, , 20, , 82, , 4.10 , - , 4, , align=left, Sten Olmre, , align=left, TTÜ, , 28, , 113, , 4.04 , - , 5, , align=left, Mario Paiste, , align=left, Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall, , 24, , 88, , 3.67

All-Star Game

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at the

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. Team Blue won the game 159–152 (139–136). The MVP of the game was Rain Veideman, who scored 37 points. {, class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" , +Team White , - ! scope="col" style="width:25px;", Pos ! scope="col" style="width:160px;", Player ! scope="col" style="width:180px;", Team , - !scope="col" colspan="5", Starters , - , G , align=left, Demonte Harper , align=left, Kalev/Cramo , - , G , align=left, Martin Paasoja , align=left, AVIS UTILITAS Rapla , - , F , align=left, Janari Jõesaar , align=left,

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, - , F , align=left, Erik Keedus , align=left, Kalev/Cramo , - , F , align=left,

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)

Awards

Most Valuable Player

* Thomas van der Mars ( AVIS UTILITAS Rapla)

Finals Most Valuable Player

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( Kalev/Cramo)

Best Defender

* Mihkel Kirves ( Port of Pärnu)

Best Young Player

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( Rakvere Tarvas/Palmse Metall)

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( AVIS UTILITAS Rapla)

All-KML Team

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, , Kalev/Cramo , - , align="center", SG, , Martin Paasoja, , AVIS UTILITAS Rapla , - , align="center", SF, , Janari Jõesaar, ,

, - , align="center", PF, , Indrek Kajupank, , AVIS UTILITAS Rapla , - , align="center", C, , Thomas van der Mars, , AVIS UTILITAS Rapla

Player of the Month

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, , TLÜ/Kalev , - , February, , Domagoj Bubalo, , AVIS UTILITAS Rapla , - , March, , Janari Jõesaar, ,

, -

References

External links

Official website
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